Explore new dimensions with MapInfo Vertical Mapper
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Vertical Mapper is software that transforms point data into continuous grid surfaces that can be analyzed and visualized. It allows users to generate grid surfaces through interpolation of point data, modify grid colors and legends, generate contours, render grids in 3D, query multiple grid layers, and edit grids. Key industries that benefit include telecommunications for wireless network planning, public sector for flood risk analysis, insurance for risk analysis, and retail for customer analysis. The presentation provides examples of how Vertical Mapper has been used in these industries and highlights its capabilities for grid creation, visualization, analysis, and custom application development.
Explore new dimensions with MapInfo Vertical Mapper
- 1. Exploring New Dimensions with Vertical Mapper Tom Probert EMEA Desktop Product Marketing Manager February 2010 A presentation on the basic capabilities and applications of Vertical Mapper
- 2. Disclaimer • This presentation contains Pitney Bowes Business Insight forward looking statements • Road map information and final implementation details and delivery dates are subject to change without prior notice
- 3. Introduction and Outline • What does Vertical Mapper do? • Target industries • Example applications • Positioning • Vertical Mapper and Engage3D • Roadmap
- 4. What does Vertical Mapper do? • Vertical Mapper transforms point data into continuous surfaces, or grids, which can be thematically mapped to visualize trends and queried to reveal relationships between multiple grid layers. It features one of the most powerful suites of tools available to edit, analyze and visualize grids. • Start with Point Data • Generate a Grid Surface • Modify Colour • Create Legends • Generate Contours • Render in 3D • Inspect Values • Query Multiple Grids • Edit Grids - Change Projection Click
- 5. Target Industries and Applications • Vertical Mapper offers a wide range of capabilities that can be used in a number of different industries and applications. – Telecommunications and other utilities • Wireless network engineering – Public sector • Flood plain analysis – Insurance • Risk analysis – Retail • Site location and customer analysis – Health authorities • Epidemiology, health risk analysis, medicine usage analysis
- 6. Wireless Network Engineering • Determine if line of sight exists between microwave links on towers. – Determine required height of microwave link to achieve line of sight. • Calculate “viewshed” of a tower to determine visibility with other towers. • Analyse the strength of signal coverage with respect to customer or demographic data. • Analyse the location of customer issues (“trouble tickets”) with respect to the network. • Compare predicted signal strength with drive test data.
- 7. Retail Site Selection and Customer Analysis • Visualise and analyse customer density. • Perform predictive analysis – analyse a set of variables in one area find those other areas that are most similar. • Calculate trade areas around individual or multiple stores. • Analyse the impact of new locations on an existing store network (cannibalisation or competitive analysis) • Use querying capabilities to determine areas of highest sales potential.
- 8. Insurance Risk Analysis • Analyse risk exposure in various types of disaster scenarios. • Improve underwriting decisions on policies by analysing proximity to risk factors.
- 9. The Role of Vertical Mapper • Vertical Mapper adds complete raster grid based capabilities to MapInfo Professional. – Comprehensive grid creation capabilities – Powerful and flexible grid analysis and visualisation • Tightly integrated with MapInfo Professional. – “Best of both worlds” – MapInfo Professional’s vector based analytical capabilities and Vertical Mapper’s raster based capabilities work seamlessly together. • Very powerful feature set for a very reasonable price.
- 11. • You can create a grid in Vertical Mapper in a number of different ways: • Interpolation • Modeling • Vector to Grid Conversion • Importing • Point Density • Create grids from images Grid Creation
- 12. Grid Creation - Interpolation • Vertical Mapper interpolation techniques are used in different industry sectors. Interpolating Numeric Grids Health Care Data on the blood lead levels of children can be interpolated to show risk areas. Telecommunications Drive test data can be interpolated to show where mobile phones can obtain a signal. Weather Forecasting Temperature readings at weather stations can be interpolated to show changes in air temperature.
- 13. Grid Creation – Classified Grids
- 14. Raster Create grids from raster images • Import Raster Data as Vertical Mapper Grid – Example 1: Calculate the area of RF signal coverage from an image GridContour
- 15. Create grids from raster images • Import Raster Data as Vertical Mapper Grid – Example 2: Calculate the total roof area from an aerial photo GridRaster Query ContourSmooth Final
- 16. Grid Creation • The ability to import a variety of grid formats enhances the flexibility of Vertical Mapper. The import utility can auto-detect and convert these commonly used grid formats. Importing • ArcGrid ASCII Export • ASCII Classified Grid • CRC-500 • Geological Survey of Canada Grid • DTED • CDED • GeoSoft • MONA • UK Ordnance Survey Grid • USGS DEM • SDTS • MapInfo Grid
- 17. Grid Visualization • Vertical Mapper provides many ways of modifying the display of a grid—from simply changing the colours to rendering the grid in 3D. • Modifying Grid Colours • Contouring • Cross Sections • 3D Viewing • Grid Calculations • Slope and Aspect
- 18. Grid Visualization and Analysis Contours can be generated from any type of grid. This example has used elevation data. Contour Lines and Regions
- 19. Grid Visualisation and Analysis You can analyze a grid by calculating statistics on grid values that fall under a given point, along a line or within a region. In this example, tornado density values for the state of Texas are examined. In addition, the coordinate location of the maximum and minimum values are provided. Point, Line and Region Inspection Click
- 20. Grid Visualisation and Analysis Here are some examples of how Vertical Mapper can return information about a line object. Point, Line and Region Inspection
- 21. Grid Visualisation and Analysis Grid Querying
- 22. Grid Visualisation and Analysis Grid Querying
- 23. Grid Visualisation and Analysis • In a viewshed analysis a single location is chosen as the viewing location from which you calculate those areas that are visible and invisible to this location. Viewpoint Analysis • Elevation • Tower Location • Viewshed Creation • Viewshed Legend • Viewable Area Only Tower Location In this map, the blue symbol in the centre represents tower or viewpoint location. The green polygon represents the viewable area from the tower.
- 24. Grid Visualisation and Analysis Slope and Aspect Slope Aspect Slope = steepness/gradient Aspect = the direction the grid cell is facing
- 25. Grid Visualisation and Analysis In a point-to-point analysis you specify two viewing locations. Vertical Mapper not only determines if locations are intervisible but also what changes are required to make locations intervisible. The results can be shown on a map or in a graph. Point-to-Point Analysis Tower LocationsStart Line Here End Line Here
- 26. Grid Visualization: 3D The Vertical Mapper GridView module enables you to render grids in 3D. This type of visualization is commonly used to present elevation information. 3D Viewing
- 27. • In addition, GridView can render any type of Vertical Mapper grid while providing you with control of every aspect of the scene, such as viewing angles, image draping, adding multiple grids layers, and applying a background scene. 3D Viewing • Viewing Angles • Drape Files • Multiple Layers • Background Scene Grid Visualization: 3D
- 28. • Vertical Mapper runs seamlessly with MapInfo Professional. You can access Vertical Mapper from three different points within the software. Using Vertical Mapper • Menu • Grid Manager • Toolbar
- 29. Differences between Vertical Mapper and MapInfo Professional • MapInfo Professional offers a very limited set of grid creation and visualisation capabilities (grid thematic map) – Limited methods to build the grid and limited control over the results. Visualisation only, no analytical capabilities. • Vertical Mapper offers more robust grid creation and visualisation capabilities as well as analysis and data management capabilities. – More methods to create grids. • Interpolation, point density, importing, raster to grid conversion, location profiler and grid models. • Support for both classified grids and numeric grids. – A variety of ways to analyse and query grids. – Tools for managing grid data
- 30. Custom Applications with Vertical Mapper • VM SDK – C based API – Can be called from MapBasic • “Include” files make the VM capabilities easy to use in a MapBasic application • Sample applications • VM SDK is supported for desktop deployments only. – Our MapXtreme 2008 developer kit does offer some grid creation and visualisation capabilities.
- 31. Tom Probert EMEA Desktop Product Marketing Manager tom.probert@pb.com More information: Vertical Mapper: http://www.pbinsight.com/verticalmapper
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